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pleted, it shall and may he lawful to erect a gate, and it shall and maybe lawful for them to appoint such and so many toll-gatherers as they shall think proper to collect and receive of or from any person or persons using said road or roads, the toll and and rate per mile as established by this Company
under the provisions of its Act of Incorporation; provided, that the rates and tolls so regulated shall not exceed those of other roads of like nature in this State, and may stop any person riding, lead- ing or driving any horses, mules, oxen, coaches, carts, wagon, wain or sled, cattle, hogs, sheep, sulky, chaise, phaeton, or other carriage of pleasure or burden from passing through said gates until the tolls for the said passage shall have been paid; provided, that no toll gate shall be erected within one mile from the incorporated limits of any town or village through which said road may pass. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the plural num- ber, wherever used in the aforegoing Act, shall in- clude the singular for all purposes necessary to the same.	Rates of toll.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved February 19, 1870.	In force.
CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT to amend an Act passed March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled " An Act to revise and extend an Act to incorporate the Worcester Railroad Company," passed at the January Session, eighteen hundred and fifty- three, with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all the powers conferred upon the said Worcester Railroad Company by the original Act, to which this is a supplement, au- thorizing and enabling them to acquire and hold property for the purpose of the said Road, shall	Power.